Nehru Arrives in Saudi Arabia on Pilgrim of Peace
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in Saudi Arabia amid a huge welcome from Arabs and Indians in Riyadh. He called himself a pilgrim of peace and spoke of peace and friendship as he met Crown Prince Feisal and King Saud, with a formal conference held at the palace. Nehru’s visit follows a state trip by King Saud to India last year, and comes amid broader Middle East diplomacy.
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Jawaharlal Nehru
Saudi Arabia
Meanarad Tad
Auprescu
Nehru
Dharan
Ridagh
Marhaba Nehru
Rassour el Salam
Mecca
Medinah
United Press
John Hlevacek
New Delhi
Gamal Abdel Nasser
U N Battle Shapes Up Over Suez
A British U N spokesman rejected Egyptian charges of force against Britain in the Suez dispute. Egyptian delegate Omar Loutfi urged priority for Cairo in the Security Council as Britain and France push their canal seizure item. The council plans a 2 pm session to decide agenda order with Britain France first and Egypt second.
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Egypt
Omar Loutfi
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Emile Nunez- Portuonda
Cuba
France
SEARP
Russia
Sir Pierson Dixon
Bernard Cornut-Gentille
Nunez-Portuondo
U. S
Iran
Friden Talks Break Off In San Leandro
Negotiations between Friden Calculating Machine Co and the Machinists Union in San Leandro ended at 11 30 pm today after the union rejected the companys demand for a 25 cent hourly pay increase. A federal conciliator had said no new session was scheduled as strikes against Friden and the Emeryville rival entered the seventh week with 2200 and 1100 workers respectively.
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San Leandro
Friden Calculating Machine Company
Ralph Patterson
Fridens
Marchent Calculating Machine Company of
Emeryville
Die 12 in C-47 Crash on Mount Yale
Ground teams recovered the bodies of 12 people killed when a nine engine C-47 plummeted into the north face of Mount Yale near Buena Vista Colorado. The crash occurred shortly after takeoff from Ent Air Force Base near Colorado Springs on a routine flight to Hamilton AFB California.
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Auena Vista
Colo
Colorado
Mount Yele
Ent Air Force
Colorado Springs
Buena Vista
Air Force
Ent Afb
Hamilton Afb
Calif
Army of 1500 Halts Progress of Forest Fire
An army of about 1500 firefighters stopped forward progress of a sprawling forest fire in the San Bernardino National Forest near Rim of the World, diverting flames away from Lake Arrowhead and resort areas. Winds of up to 20 mph remained a concern, with 1800 firefighters on scene and more than 10,000 acres of virgin timber burned. Evacuations hit Running Springs and Lake Arrowhead area as crews fought two sectors and protected watershed. Federal officials reported only minor injuries among five firemen and three summer cabins destroyed.
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Lake Arrowhead
US Forest Service
San Bernadino National Forest
Ames
Dick Johnson
Ederal
Running Springs
Lyring Pines
Rescuers Pull Boy From Well Near Bakersfield
In Bakersfield authorities and fire crews rescued two year old Tommy Hartnett from an abandoned 14 inch well after nearly three hours. Spectators watched as workers lowered air and procured the child wedged 10 feet below ground. His mother urged him to hang on while rescuers battled the rusted casing and pumped oxygen. The incident recalls Kathy Fiscus, who died after a similar 110 foot fall years ago in San Marino.
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Bakersfield
Kathy
Tommy Hartnett
Tommy
L. N. Hartnett
San Marino
Calif
Kathy Fiscus
Hurricane Flossy Lashes South and North Carolina
Storm Flossy battered the South causing multiple deaths across Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. A Chicago tenement blaze killed several, fire officials suspect arson as flames trapped residents. Wires sparked at Albany lumber mill igniting the building. Victims include an expectant mother and children. rescues saved others as the storm moved northeast through Georgia and the Carolinas.
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Plessy
Georgia
Louisiana
Alabama
Florida
Flossy
Weather Bureau
Georgias
Carolinas
South Carolina
Two Small Boys Hurt in Stolen Car
In San Pablo a 13-year-old Oakland boy was critically injured when a stolen car driven by his 11-year-old companion crashed into a power pole after a high speed chase. Martin Evans suffered multiple leg and head injuries while Edward Roger Neal had minor injuries. Police traced the boys from Sunday swimming plans to thefts of bicycles and then a 1949 sedan owned by H S Alexander of Richmond. A sheriff’s deputy spotted the weaving car near the Arquin ez Bridge prompting the chase.
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San Pablo
Oakland
Martin Evans
Edward Roger Neal
el Cerrito
H. S. Alexander
Richmond
Arquinez Bridge
Farallons Swim Wanes In Bitter Cold Ocean Run
The 26 percent mile Farallon to San Francisco race battled freezing water and rough seas. At 11 am only three of eight started remained, led by Paul Herron with six miles to go at 47 strokes per minute. Don Sherwood quit after 45 seconds and was ruled ineligible for the $1000 prize.
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Stanford University
Farallons
Myra Thompson
San Francisco
Ross
Bonaparte Haymes
Porterville
Woody Greenwood
Kefauver Gets Secret CIA Briefings From Ike
Senator Estes Kefauver won White House approval for periodic CIA briefings on world affairs to aid his campaign. The move ends criticism that he lacked access unlike Vice President Nixon, and aims to prevent inadvertent remarks on foreign policy. Kefauver telegrammed Eisenhower from Ephrata Washington detailing his concerns and desire to avoid harming negotiations over the Suez canal crisis.
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U.P
Eisenhower
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Kefauver
Mal CauuillaLs
Intel‘ence
U.S
Richard
M. Nixon
CIA
James C. Hagerty
K. Fauver
Ephrata
Wash
United States
White House
Stevenson
Doe
Tennessee
Somoza Bullets Left In Nicaragua Held At Bay
Doctors at Gorges hospital in Balboa report President Anastasio Somoza remains under constant surveillance after a Friday shooting. He showed definite improvement despite paralysis on the left side, with plans to postpone additional surgery to remove two harmless bullets lodged near his spine. Somoza was flown from Managua after being shot by 28-year-old Rigoberto López Porras, who was killed by Somoza’s guards.
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Balboa
Canal Zone
Anastasio Somoza
Somoza
Gorges Hospital
Managus
Nicaragua
Rigoberto Lopez Pores
Train Hits Car Killing Two Merced Students
Two Merced Union High School students died when their older model car was struck by a Santa Fe freight train about three miles northwest of Merced. Driver Sheldon Phillips Jr., 17, Planada, died instantly. Passenger Joean Frances Criss, 14, Castle Gardens, was trapped about 20 minutes and died two hours later at a Merced hospital. Phillips had been taking the girl home from school.
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Merced
Merced Union High School
Here
Sheldon Phillips Jr
Planada
Joean Frances Criss
Castle Gardens
Phillips
Expectant Mother Gets Prison Term in Embezzlement Case
Eloise M. McArthur 33, an expectant mother and former bookkeeper for the San Francisco Community Chest, was sentenced to one to ten years after pleading guilty to five counts of grand theft and forgery. Prosecutors say she embezzled $75,000 though the plea covers $3,751.
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San Francisco
Textbooks' State Aid Proposed for Local Choice
Oakland ap news reports that the California State Assembly interim committee on education urged districts to select their own textbooks funded by direct state aid. The plan would guarantee a per pupil floor of four dollars and allow districts under 900 pupils to have county officials handle book selection.
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Califo
State Assembly
Donald D. Doyle
Contra Costa
Doyle
Weather outlook shows mild overnight with little temp change
The weatherman forecasts overcast conditions tonight and Wednesday with only slight temperature shifts. Yesterday reached 77 degrees, while today’s low is expected around 54.
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